Is this still a B&o forum? Am I the only one who thinks Apple is enormously overrated, very user-unfriendly (iTunes!). I prefer Windows Media player. I don't want to put a PC on and use iTunes when playing music. In fact I don't want to use Apple or a computer at all. So hopefully B&o comes up with there own network-system.

A reason for me not to buy the BS8 is still the lack of a radio. As mentioned here on the site, internetradio is an alternative, but what in case of a holidayhome without internet? FM reception isn't dead at all, in fact it's still very convenient and available everywhere, and sounds very good too.

To my surprise it has no FM radio. So this cannot be regarded as a Beosound 1 successor. Anyway, I also think it looks good at the official pictures. Best looking and possible best souding docksystem.

At the risk of going off-topic; strange that the recent designs appear to be of very different quality, for example, the Beovision 10 is spot-on, an instant classic with very good proportions, and than this, the BS8, lookes like it comes from a different factory..Where is the constant quality, design-wise?

If this is the real thing, I don't like it. Not B&o to me at all. Hopefuly the sound is. Still want the Beosound 1 then, which is a piece of art. Design-wise BS8 makes me think of the Beocom 5, and that's not a positive comment..

Is there much difference between the M70 and it's successor the M75?

What I meant starting this thread, is that I think it's strange that B&o does not have even in the simplest form a complete video productrange. It should not be necessary to shop elswhere as a B&o customer to buy a home video setup. It's like selling loudspeakers and still having to buy a complementary Sony CD-player... Is not acceptable

The DVD1 was a good performing DVD-player, I thought? In fact, I think videoplayback like a harddiskdrive, a DVD/BR player should be at least an option for every B&o television. In this respect the user-friendliness for which B&o is famous is not as good as it should be.

Every laptop computer has a drive build in...

Isn't it strange that a premium brand like B&o doesn't have a complete range of video products? Only the BV7 has an optional DVD/Blueray player build in. The other TV's, including the expensive BV4, are to be coupled to a player of a make other than B&o. How difficult can it be for B&o to offer a decent DVD/BR player with a B&o